The Fisheries Department is amending the Fisheries Regulations under Section 27 of the Fisheries Act 1985, namely the Fisheries (Control of Endangered Species of Fish) Regulations 1999, to include nine marine mammal species in the existing protection list.

In a statement today, its director-general Adnan Hussain said the amendment is aimed at strengthening regulatory aspects, protection and law enforcement against any form of threat, including bycatch and habitat disturbance...